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Maria Abi-Habib at the Wall Street Journal reports that European Spies Reach Out to Syria, Bruce Orwall there said, “Syria's hall of mirrors gets even more confusing as European spies meet with Assad. Great story by @Abihabib.” Colleague Matt Bradley called it a “Terrific report.” David Kenner with Foreign Policy Magazine tweeted: “Great scoop by @Abihabib on European intelligence agencies reaching out to Assad on their shared jihadist threat.” Toby Vogel from European Voice explained, “#Spain confirms it shared intelligence on Spanish citizens w/ #Syria regime.” Simone Swink at ABC News added, “.@WSJ: European spy agencies' secret mtgs w/ Assad's delegates to share information on European extremists in Syria.”

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